8th New Jersey Volunteers
3rd Brigade, 2nd Division
(Front):8th New Jersey
Volunteers
Col. John Ramsay
3d Brig. [Burling's]
2d Div. 3d Corps
Erected by the State
of New Jersey 1888
(Left):Engaged here July 2,
1863. Being detached
from the Brigade.
Supported batteries on
Cemetery Ridge July 3.
Took into action 170.
Killed 7. Wounded
7 Officers, 31 Men.
Missing 2. Total 47.
(Right):Mustered in
Sept. 14, 1861.
Mustered out
July 17, 1865.
Engaged in 38 Battles
Casualties. Killed
8 Officers, 125 men.
Wounded 38 Officers,
583 Men. Died 2 Officers,
149 Men. Total 905.
Marker is on DeTrobriand Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
